Crowdfunding

We started War on Wasted Talent because we are driven to do something practical to challenge outdated stereotypes that prevent experienced professionals 45+ like you from finding work, transitioning to a new career or doing work you love.

We understand the value of experience and we want you to be able to stay in and thrive at work….so we built a platform especially for you.

So, what’s the problem?

As a mature aged worker, we know you get caught up in a broken recruitment process.

You spend hours trawling through job ads, writing applications and dealing with recruiters who don’t seem interested in you. If you even get an interview, you may be overlooked because ‘you are too experienced for the job’ or ‘not the right cultural fit’. (Find out more about the myths associated with mature-age workers here.)

This is often code for ‘too old’ yet over 50’s and millennials complement each other at work and overwhelmingly indicate they enjoy working together.

Employers and recruiters often assume that you want more money, are not tech savvy and are stuck in your ways.

What’s more, jobs boards attract thousands of applications making it impossible to stand out from the crowd.

How can mature age workers thrive in this recruitment environment?

We’re disrupting recruitment

Our WoWT WORK employment platform has been developed specifically for experienced professionals 45+.

We are not a jobs board.

We’re flipping the tired recruitment model so you can present yourself directly to employers through a profile that captures a more authentic you

We help you move away from the crowd:

• By helping employers find you through targeted searches on our bespoke platform
• Through partnering with progressive employers who value experience and want to do recruitment differently.

 

We help you stand out from the crowd:

• By helping you emphasise your transferable skills which are the building blocks of your career and cut across all industries and jobs.
• Through a focus on your values and what’s  important and meaningful to you in your work and  life
• Enabling you to reflect and capture the richness of your life experience.

 

 You can help us turn recruitment on its head

We need 3000 experienced professionals to sign up so we can kick off this exciting initiative. We’ve done the ground work using our own funds to develop our platform and now it’s time to take the next step to build critical mass.

We know great people will attract great employers.

Please join us and help change a system that’s not working for many of you.

We’re a Social Enterprise

War on Wasted Talent provides free resources, workshops and advocacy for mature aged workers.
We support a range of organisations that help vulnerable groups build skills and find work.

Why us?

We’re three experienced professionals 45+ who love work. We feel excited and energised at this stage of life and we are ready to give back. We are part of a growing chorus who reject the barriers faced by mature-aged workers looking for work, seeking to change careers or to start a business in the prime of life. We believe that people can change career direction at any age.

That’s why we started War on Wasted Talent.